The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-11-14

from one policeman, cuff from another and
chem showed a disposition TO maintain their
ground but the soldiers brought their bayonets
20 charge and the sight of cold steel quickly
decided them to retreat The officers of the
Grenadiers rushed to the front and ordered the
men to replace their arms, and the soldiers then
eontented themselves with pounding with their
rlnes on the toes of the crowd. Boxing the ears
ef the turbulent roughs with vigor seemed to
Height the policemen The crowd now hooted
fhe military with an energy equal to that with
which they had cheered them before
Soon after o'clock the police made series
OF violent charges with their batons, in de-
termned effort to clear the whole vicinity,
many points of which had been crowded all
lfterpoon. During one charge the whole win
dow of an electrical shop fell with a crash. The
crowd asserted that the window was broken by
the hoofs of some of the police horses. The
police. however, assert that bricks were thrown
Mt the window. The loafers made rush for the
contents of the window, but the police recap
tured many articles and arrested the thieves A
minute later the window of refresnment room
wassmashed in by the pressure of the crowd.
There were one or two similar cases IN the
course OF the charges. but By 6oclock there was
no fear of further trouble.
At $50 the whole force of Life Guards again
patrolied the square, and finally the crowd dis
persed completely Some excitement was caused
at Whitehall by the victorious police marching
with the captured flags and banners.
he mounted police and the Life Guards were
now ordered in the direction of the Parliament
constables to prevent rushes. This move cleared
Whitehall and Parliament street. and the
guards. with the exception of the body retained
in Trafalgar square, were enabled to return to
their barracks by o'clock. Quietude was now
somewhat restored though the square was still
eordoned by bodies of police. which alternately
relieved each other in order to obtain much
needed refreshment
There were several outpost affairs. The most
FERROUS ARRAY occurred at o'clock at the bottom
pf Welin gton street. Sticks and were
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were injured. An inspector had his nose broken
by a blow from a clinched fist. and the man who
committed the assault. and twenty others in his
company, were at once put under arrest.
Another procession, consisting of several
Radical and Socialist clubs from -Clerkenwell,
made its appearance at Broad street. Blooms
bury, and was forbidden to enter ST. Martins
Lane The Socialist League Intrusted their flag
TO Mrs. Taylor, who refused TO surrender 1t on
demand of the police The latter then attempted
to wrest it from her, when the Socialists came
Co her rescue, and sharp encounter followed
The constables secured the flag. and the
woman was carried of in a faint This conflict
with batons and sticks enraged the policemen,
and their officers were unable to restrain them.
All of the Socialist flags were sieZed. Many of
the police were sent TO hospital, including
wounded inspector, from whose head blood
was streaming. The bandsmen OF the procession,
fearing TO lose their instruments, retreated
hastily.
Between and o'clock seventy injured per-
sons were attended to at Charine Cross Hospital.
One man, who had serious wound on
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quite a distance from the crowd;
another was suffering from confusion of the
abdomen. He alleged that constable had
kicked him, telling him to the ground. The
surgical staff was taxed to its utmost.
During a sharp scuf1e at Westminster bridge
q constable stabbed in the back with an
oyster-knife which had been sharpened for use
as a weapon. Another constable stabbed in
the chin. and many others struck with
iron bars, pokers, sticks and stones. In
a hand-to-hand encounter with paraders from
South London police captured ten flags. Twenty
six persons taking part in the procession received
baton wounds in the head, and fifteen constables
were more or less seriously injured. This pro-
cesson had been organized as the principal one,
TO move in solid phalanx upon Trafalgar square,
and while the police were engaged in scuff1e
carry The objective point The police
got intimation of this programme and
Sir Charles Warren ordered Superin-
tendenr Dunlop to hold the position
at Westminster bridge at all costs. Dunlop had
q DIVISION of police under his command noted
for their tactics in clearing courses. Pa
raiders from Peckham. Bermondsey and Dept
ford Joined the force at Westminster at4 O'Clock.
They numbered, in all, 5000, and all appeared
with arms linked. They occupied Parliament
square. When Superintendent Dunlop ordered
them to dispense, tremendous struggle occurred.
The flags carried by the paraders made
rallying points for a mob. and around them q
fearful struggle took place. Eventually, how
ever, the procession was completely dispersed.
The executive of the Radical federation held
of delegates on Wednesday evening the
London Patriarch Club, to decide upon measures
for repeating the attempt to hold public meet
ing on Sunday night.